A downloadable Doomed Mission


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This is a page explaining my contribution to Astronomical Unit: Unknown. This page, and the page for my collaborator, exists so that by putting all pages in a bundle, we can receive equally split payment for our work (itch does not currently support any other form of profit sharing). The game document itself is on the Bundle page, and can be downloaded there after purchasing the bundle.

This page covers my contributions to this collaborative project. I was primarily responsible for writing card event text and for devising the core game concept. For more information on Jellyfishlines contribution or to view the game, please go to the bundle and select another page to view.

CO-WRITTEN WITH THE AMAZING JELLYFISHLINES FOR THE PEANUT BUTTER & GAME JAM. CREDIT FOR SUIT ICONS GOES TO CIRCLE OF BEARS.
This game includes themes of fear, isolation, suspense, desperation, despair, violence, nuclear fallout, mental deterioration and illness, descriptions of auditory hallucinations, suicide, suffocation, existential crisis’, murder and death. 

When the last of the hydrocarbons were almost burned up, a desperate fear gripped the planet Earth. And so, as ever, we looked to the stars for hope. The powers of the world fitted a thousand ships to head out in a thousand paths into the void.

You are a crew of only two, and your task is simple. Find a way to save Earth. And now it seems you might have found it. A dead planet: no longer able to support life. A dead city: devoid of anything but ghosts. A dark sun: giving only wisps of eerie grey-green light. Yet, they have technology the likes of which you’ve never seen, and so you and your companion must explore this city of ghosts.

To play, you will need:

  • You (for a solo game) or you and another person (if a duo game)
  • A standard deck of cards with the jokers removed
  • A 6-sided dice
  • 10 tokens
  • A jenga or other tumbling block tower (optional)
  • Something to record your story/write in, such as a notebook, word processor, or voice recorder. 
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